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v ROOFING. 'No. 280,681. ]?atent ed July 3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

WILLIAM G. SMALSTIG AND WVILLIAM MASSEY, SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,681, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed January 9, 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM C. SMALSTIG and WM. MASSEY, of Springfield, inthe county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roofs and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tov make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relatesto an improvement in roofs; and it consists in the combination of suitable blocks, tiles, or pieces of any suitable material which have grooves cut in their ends, with the cross-strips which serve to unite the pieces tf ether at their ends, and the troughshaped pieces which unite the pieces together at their sides, and serve to carry away any water or moisture which may get in between the blocks, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to form a roof from any suitable number of pieces of any suitable material, which are connected to gether at their ends and, their sides by suitable inserted pieces which have their edges held in grooves for the purpose of catching any moisture which may get down between the edges of the blocks.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a section of a roof embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the-same.

A represents the blocks, tiles, or pieces of any suitable material, and which blocks are preferably made of the oblong shape here shown. In the ends of each piece are cut horizontal grooves, in which suitable cross-strips B, of any suitable non-corrosive sheet metal, are inserted. These strips extend across the roof, and serve both to unite the blocks to- (No model.)

gether and to prevent any moisture from passing down between the ends of the blocks. These strips B will be made to fit perfectly tight in the grooves in any well-known manner. In the side of each block is made a diagonal groove, which is inclined upward, and in which grooves the trough-shaped pieces 0 are made .to catch. These trough-shaped pieces extend at right angles to the strips B and serve to carry off all the moisture which may work down between the sides and ends of the blocks. All of the water which works downbetween the ends of the blocks runs in between the cracks between the sides of the blocks down into the troughs and is carried off by the troughs to the gutter or any other suitable place.

A roof thus constructed is cheap, readily put together, and very durable, and will remain moisture-proof for an indefinite length of time.

Having thus described our invention, we clain1 A roof composed of a number of blocks or tiles, A, each one of which has straight grooves in its ends and inclined grooves in its sides, in combination with the straight strips B, which unite the blocks together at their ends, and the trough-shaped strips 0,

the straight strips being placed above thetrough-shaped ones, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. SMALSTIG. WM. MASSEY.

Vitnesses:

l). M. BITTER, J. O. CRAVENS. A. G. JoHNson, J on MAssEY. 

